Hitachi Energy

Hitachi Energy Ltd is a Switzerland‑headquartered technology company within the Hitachi Group that focuses on electrification and power grid solutions. Formed in 2020 as the Hitachi ABB Power Grids joint venture and rebranded in 2021, it brings together ABB’s former Power Grids division with Hitachi’s digital technologies. The company develops, designs, manufactures, markets and commissions products, systems and projects for power grid automation and integration, high‑voltage equipment and transformers, and holds and manages a wide range of related subsidiaries and intellectual property. Hitachi Energy reports annual business volumes of around USD 16 billion and employs more than 50,000 people in about 60–67 countries, with an installed base in over 140 countries. Operations are organized into five global business units: Grid Automation, Grid Integration, High Voltage Products, Transformers and Service. Grid Automation provides substation automation, communication networks, grid‑edge and enterprise software solutions; Grid Integration delivers transmission and substation projects, including HVDC schemes; High Voltage Products supplies AC and DC switchgear, circuit breakers, generator circuit breakers, power quality products, surge arresters, disconnectors and instrument transformers; Transformers covers power and traction transformers, components, digital sensors and related services; and the Service unit supports the lifecycle of more than 500,000 assets worldwide. Customers span utilities, industry, transportation, data centers and infrastructure sectors. Hitachi Energy is active in large transmission and grid‑connection projects and renewable integration, including UHVDC equipment for the Changji–Guquan line in China, HVDC converter stations for the North Sea Link submarine interconnector, offshore platforms and onshore HVDC converter stations for TenneT, and a renewable microgrid for the remote Gull Bay First Nation community in Canada. The company positions its technologies and investments as contributing to grid decarbonization, flexibility and resilience, and has announced significant capital commitments to expand transformer and grid‑infrastructure manufacturing capacity, including in North America.